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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-08
Capital Removal Defeated.

As will be seen BY our Jefferson
City dispatches, the resolution submit
ting TO the voters of the state a con
StitutiOnal amendment locating the
permanent seat of government at Sc
dalia was defeated. This intelligence
did not surprise the Gazette. While
zealOusly advocating the removal of
the capital to some more accessible
and desirable point than Jefferson
City, this newspaper has persistenily
urged that the resolution should have
given the people an opportunity 10
select The location, instead of COM
polling them to vote for one particular
city, or not at all. Sedalia was not
the preference of a large number of
those who favored removal, but the
friends of that city stubbOrnly main
tanned their original advocacy of
Sedalia. leaving no alternative but to
support their proposition. This al
tentative was accepted as last re-
sort, but with little or no hope of sue
cess. We still rely upon the good
judgment of the general assembly to
defeat the bill apprOpriating a quar-
Ter oil million dollars for the i'm
provement of the state house. The
sum is inadequate for the commence
ment of new building, and it would
be the acme of fully to apply that
amount toward the patching up of
structure which half a century ago
was erected for less money than is
now proposed TO be expended for its
With an apprOpria-
ton of half million dollars b enni-
ally for five years, Missouri can
build state house commensurate
with the greatness of the fifth state
in the union in population and
wealth and the first in
natural resources. Let the thirty.
fourth general assembly adopt this
plan. Or, in the name of
sense, and in the interest of
the people of this generation and the
generations to come, LIT there be no
legislation with reference to the capt. |
iol building until 1889. A delay of |
Lwo more years can do no harm, and |
when question of such vast import
irce Is involved, no Legislation is far |
,ater than hasty and ill-considered !
legislation. Therefore, If it is deemed |
during the present session,
now drawing to It's close, TO adopt In
!iarory measures looking toward the
er -ction of a suitable state house,
surely the members of this general
assembly can afford to give their sue !
;cssors an opportunity to do so two
years hence.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
An Indian Fakir.

Talking of sleeping men," l was
one day on my way to Dholpurn, near
Agra, and when halting to rest our
horses heard casually of ''Jogi'' of
some local celebrity who was in a
neighboring tope of mango trees.
walked over to the sacred shade, and
there. standing upright against pill
lar of rough masonry, was fakir.
Like all these sanity personages, he
was extremely dirty. His hair, worked
up into rope-ends with grease and
dust, hung nearly to his waist;his body
stark naked, was painted with gray
pigment; but, to exaggerate the skele-
ton idea, the ribs, chest bones and
ankles were "picked OUT in yellow
ochre. One eye was wide open; over
the other dropped a paralyzed eyelid.
The mouth was wide open, and out Of
corner were sprouting several blades
of corn. His hands were clinched and
his nails, was told, were growing
through the palms of his hands. He
had been, moreover-I am still only
quoting what was said-in the ''trance"
in which I saw him for two months.
In spite of all that / have read and
heard about these ecstatic Jogis VEN
tured to be sceptical. But | offered
an oblation of copper coins ut the holy
mans shrine, round which. in pious as
semblage, stood a quantity OF other
offerings in kind-'.little dues of wheat
and oil" He may have been an i'm
postor, but it struck me as a very
dreary form of imposition indeed. All
alone there, under the dusty trees, with
the shrilling of the kites in ones ears
all day long and at night the dismal
company of ribald jaekals.-Londo~
Society.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

4 hunter who has hunted and mined
from Arizona Ia the Yellowstone, and
who is highly esteemed for truth and
Veraci,y, was telling me that he had
the other day made Il most wonderful
discovery. aud that he had seen gold
that would put the Treasury of the
United States At discount. The dis
covery was made in the mountains not
more than ten miles from the Govern
mcnt bridge over Yampa River, in
Routt county, Colorado.
He said that when he was on top of
one Of the mountains seen from the
bridge that he saw NJ the bottom Of II
cliff that he was peering over that the
ground was smooth and clean, as if
deer or bear had been in the habit
of resting and summing themselves
through the heat of the early spring
days.
Being anxious to get deer or have
fight with bear. he descended by \
circuitous route To the foot of the elf.
Peering cautiously around for game,
he was somewhat startled ut hearing
the rattle of snake. Looking about.
he saw large numbers of them lying
around, while there was constant
ctream of them going into a round
hole in the rock near the bottom of
the cliff.
Being anxious to destroy as many of
the reptiles as he possibly could, he
procured forked stick and placing
the fork over the neck of one of the
largest, he pinioned him to the ground;
then tying half dozen sticks of giant
powder to his tail, set 4 slow match to
it and then let the snake go. After
seeing his snakeship go into the hole,
the hunter retreated to safe distance
To await developments. He did not
have long to wait. First there was
slight trembling of the ground, then a
burst that shook the mountain like an
earthquake, and with that burst the
whole side of the cliff toppled off and
fell to the ground, and up went more
snakes than was ever thought of by
either Gulliver OF Baron Munchausen.
The face of the rock was honey
combed with round holes, out of which
snakes were pouring like water
through knot hole as long as the
hunter stayed, and he stayed long
enough to see many thousands seeth--
ing and Kissing in their rage and
agony, when he became weary of the
sight and left, but not until he had
seen that the whole face of the cliff
was covered with solid gold.-Dencer
Tribune.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
Danger From House Plants.

DIR. salisbury found malarial fever
to be propa gated among persons sleep
ing in Il room i'll the windows of which
had been placed box of earth from
malarious soil. House plants culti-
waited in pots filled with malarious
earth are constant danger. The
germs grow luxuriantly in the moist
urc and warm air of closed rooms.
DIR. Eichwald, professor of clinical
medicine in the University of st.
Petersburg, has given to the public
facts concerning u patient of his, q
lady, with malarial fever, who was
easily cured by treatment when con-
fined to her chamber, but who quickly
relapsed on remaining during the day
in her parlor The easy cure and con-
stant relapse went on for long time.
At last the doctor, having become sus-
picious of the fiower-pots, removed
them from the house, and there was
no further recurrence of the disease
Patsburg Commercial Gazette.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
The Cheap Crayon Artist

..N'hat becomes .,s the many artists
~ ho fail eh9 repeated rising Young
artist ia the gucrr ii 4 New York udd
oud ErprssS reporter w eli many
os shrn, haits "a aud lu back work AL
their lives. They degenerate into the
cheap Cr.i'us art =. aUd MANY often
clear a. much - s.Ji i wees. bat the
genuine art instinct j. dead. aId can
never ,,c revived hy any prsic,.ss sn"~ n
;o ~ ru.,. Dn ;a,S MAKE gon'l craven
f,osttstit<' Yes some of their pur-
traits are excellent. but there Is no
characteristic art nothing above me
door. mechanical excellence.
New York has an army of eray"a
and pastel artists. Tac artist un the
daily paper. who can sketch and orig
mate positions. has Ear more talent ant
ar; instinct than the most successful
crayon portrait maker.
But the most successful artist-fakir
If | NAV be- allowed such a terms
he who does life-size portraits from
photographs by means of solar print
ing. This solar printing enlarges the
photograph, and the mechanical artist
dashes on the crayon. thus saving him
is quick method, and enables the
busy artist to do more work. Many
photographers have pictures made life
size by crayon artists for 81 apiece.
suppose, though. that the photogra-
pher gets more than S. from his Gus
toners.
Some of these artists do large
amount of work, and do it more rap
idly than the scenic artist. | dropped
into the studio of successful crayon
artist, not long ago. and found him
rushing of portraits ut Il great race.
He said he was in a big hurry to do
several portraits, and asked me to
help him. oh, | don't want you TO do
the face; just jab in lot of clouds in
the background, old boy, and give me
starter
II went to work and 'jabbed' in
clouds while my friend was making a
face on another canvas. He is n su-
perior crayon artist, and receives the
magnificent sum of $25 for each por-
trait. BY hiring men to do back
grounds and all but the faces he turns
them out by Wholesale. l know IA
German crayon artist who does a
wonderfully clever portrait, life-size,
for S15. He doesn't use the solar
printing plan. OF course there are
some artists on the Bowery who turn
out life-size bust portraits at 81 and
So; but these are bad, even from a
crayon artists point of view. The
best artists rarely go under $l5, I'M
less they are doing work wholesale
for photographers. The Art league
frequently graduates first-class crayon
artists by simply letting them know
that they have no art instinct above
the mechanical. This information
saves the student years of useless
study. The crayon artist deserves
credit for his true mechanical methods
and his cheap prices do not interfere
with other artists who are not me-
chanical. Solar printing has brought
life-size crayon and pastel portraits
within the purview of very limited
purses"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
Ten Things a Baby Can Do.

1t can beat any alarm clock ever in
vented, waking family up in the
morning.
Give it fair show and it can smash
more dishes than the most Industrious
servant girl in the country.
1t can fall down oftener and with
less provocation than the most expert
tumbler in the circus ring.
1t can make more genuine fuss over
simple brass pin than its mother
would over broken back.
1t can choke itself black in the face
with greater ease than the most ac-
complished wretch that ever was exc
cuted.
1t can keep family in constant
turmoil from morning till night and
night till morning without once vary
ing its tune.
1t can be relied upon to sleep peace
fully all day when its father is down
town and cry persistently all night
when he is particularly sleepy.
1t NAV be the naughtiest, dirticst,
ugliest, most fretful baby in all the
world, but you can never make its
mother believe it, and You had better
not try it. ~
1t can be charming and model in
FAINT when no one is around, but when
visitors are present it can exhibit more
bad temper than both of its parents to-
gether.
1t can brighten up a house better
than all the furniture ever made; make
sweeter music than the finest orches-
ira organized: fill Il larger place in its
parents breast than they knew they
had, and when it goes away it can
cause greater vacancy and leave y
greater blank than all the rest of the
world put together.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
Perils Of Literary Success.

Authors who have the fortune to merit
the popular taste with an unusually sue
cessfully story seem doomed to en-
counter at once two enemies. either one
OF wh;ch Is pretty sure to encompass
their literary ruin. The first and great
est enemy is the eupi,lity of the author
himself. which prompts him to trade
recklessly on the reputation he has ac-
quired and east upon the market
earlier works far inferior to the book
which has made his name. In nine
cases out of ten an author who has
bounded into popularity on single
book. instead of trying 10 excele that
effort and add to his fame, hunts up
his old manuscripts. some of which may
have been rejected in the past, and
hurls them at the head OF an unoffend-
ing public. He relies on his name to
sell the books, and not Oh the books to
add luster to his name. Mr.. Haggard
is an author who will illustrate this
failing. king Solomon's Mines" and
''She" are no great works of fiction,
but they are of character which at
tract armies of readers. and their
popularity has been phenomenal. To
issue on the strength of their success
such work rs 1.-The Witch's Head"
was simply to catch the shillings of the
unwary. The shillings were caught,
but they will scarcely repay Mr.. Hag-
gard for the loss of his prestige as an
author which the publication of this
and some other worthless tales under
his name has occasioned.
The other enemy which assails the
n l. St 80 he,
a-liner, who hangs on the skirts
of literature and makes his living
by initiating the style and
characteristics of the popular writer.
Mr.. Haggard's '.She" is pro-
badly responsible for more worthless
books at the hands of this class of
writers than any recent work. HE"
..He and She. and me" are to be
found on every bookstand bidding for
patronage on the strength of the popu-
iarlty of She In the case of
the iast-named the bid is of snch
nature that it ought to subject the bid
der To prosecution for obtaining money
under false pretense. The title of this
nondescript book is printed: '.Me:
a Companion to She. A story of Adj
venture. BY ii. Rider Haggard. This
Is shrewdly wordcd to give the careless
reader the impression that Mr.. Hag-
gard wrote ME" and good type is
not spared to bring Mr.. Haggard's
name into prominence. Of course.
persons who keep abreast of the litera-
ture of the day will not be deceived by
this ambiguous title page. but it is cal
cuIated TO deceive the careless reader.
and do the English author great in
jury-Netc York Times.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
Children in Hotels.

Florence Marryatt. an English
writer who visited this country last
summer, states that she saw a little girl
of take her place alone ut hotel
table. On being asked by the waiter
if she ought to be there without her
parents, she coolly answered, Il guess
pay my way.
A writer in the Art Age supplements
this story by one of Il 5-year-old girl
whom he once saw seated alone ut a
crowded table ofa hotel. She called
first for soup, then ice-cream, then
more soup.
"Isn't Your mamma coming to dim
der?" asked the amazed waiter, as he
served her.
NO" replied the young lady, "Sse
don't want none. She's dead.'
George Augustus Sala, when in this
country, said: Il object to two things in
America-the pie and the hotel child
rem. Not until the child is made into
the pie will l tolerate either. '-foaths $
Companion.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
Boycotted.

The worst thing about the Chinese
is that they initiate us So readily, as
witness this little incident in CALI
fornia city last year. when excited
meetings were held To devise means
for getting rid of the CclcStials:
Among the most violent of the agi-
tators was Mr.. B, Il tolerably we'll
tn-do native of the Emerald Isle. One
Saturday evening he was unusually
loud aud eloquent in his denuneia-
tionS. declaring vehemently that the
Chinese must 60 and depicting in
glowing colors the evils he was bring
ing upon Us poor Americans by doing
all our work. and taking the bread eut
of the mouths of the poor. Monday
morning Mrs. B, the wife, pre-
pared her clothes for wash. but John
did not come. Tuesday he did not
come. Wednesday she told her hus-
band To stop on has way to his busi-
ness. ut the wash-house. and send
John after the clothes. He did So.
..All wight" said john, dropped his
iron and went Ia her house. Mrs.
b greeted him with, why you no
come for my clothes?' John stepped
back. folded his aims over his chest,
and said. Me uo wasliee for You; ne
bnycott YOU. turned na his heel md
LETT. Editors D.-awer ia Edrper's Il tg-
aSiHs
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
The Old Man Has Nothing to Say.

hear of a husband and father who
sought amusement in public beer
garden. He sat slipping his beverage
steadily enough, until pretty girl
came within close range, and then,
forgetting his dignity, he invited her
to drink with him. She consented.
Roguery in her eyes flashed into the
foaming cup as she lifted it and said:
well. here's to the health of Bessie
and Charlie"
Those were the names of his ci.ild-
rem. He gave one hard look 1T the
girl, and recognized in her tae nurse
maid of his household. The beer
didn't choke him quito 10 death. but
almost. And he doesn't dare Il, ny boo
at home about the manner III wh:cirh:s
wife's f;tvorite servant Speads her
evenings out.-Cincinnati Ea1ati'cr.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
Not Gay Enough for Her.

A lady who was living in Dresden u
few years ago tells this anecdote: She
was sitting alone in the gallery one
day, gazing at the Sistine Madonna,
when two or three English women en-
tered the room. ..Wellr' exclaimed
zone of them who had never seen the
famous painting before, Il must say
I'm disappointed. After all I'd heard
about it expected to see something 4
great deal Shower than that" Her
friend was east down for moment,
but presently plucked up heart enough
to say, alphabetically: but you for
get how old it is. Considering how
long ago it was painted l think it's
pretty well done"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

M. Ligner, an Austrian meteorolo-
eist. claims to have ascertained after
careful investigation that the moon
has an influence on the magnetized
needle varying with it's phases and its
declination. The phenomenon is said
to be more prominently noticeable
when the moon is near the earth, and
to be very marked when she is passing
from the full to her first or second
quarter. The disturbances are found
to be at their maximum when the
moon is in the plane Of the equator.
and greater during the southern than
it is during the northern declination.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

The Car of Russia is about to join
the ranks of royal and imperial au-
thors. He has revised his diaries for
intrustcd NJ. Z.chy, the Hungarian
painter, with the task of illustrating
them. The work will be published at
St. Petersburg in the autumn. Before
the critics get through with HIM he
will probably regret the failure of the
Nih.listic plots against his life.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

Miss Nellie Whitesides, very pretty
girl of Is, joined the Salvation Army
recently at Raleigh, North Carolina,
and discovered that under her contract
absolute obedience to any orders of her
superhrs was required. Miss White
sides refused to marry one of the Sal
vationists, and was then told that she
would be arrested for violation of the
contract. She called on the police for
protection.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

A writer in the Popular Science
Monthly says college work is by no
means injurious to female students.
Young women in college are in far
better health than young women in So
ciety, are healthier as seniors than they
were as freshmen, and average fewer
cases of illness than are shown in
mems colleges, while statistics show
that they enjoy sum total Of 20 per
cent. better health than the average
woman.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

An English gardener states that the
roots of trees may be prevented from
entering between the joints of drain
tiles by using coal tar. In using it,
mix it with sawdust to the consistency
of ordinary building mortar. A layer
of this should be spread on the bottom
of the drain; on this set the drain-pipes
and then cover all with the tar mortar.
If the work be carefully performed, and
the mortar applied in sufficient
quantity,-say u inches thick all
round, success may be guaranteed.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

John |. Blair, after whom Blairs.
town, n. D., was named, is eighty-tive
years of age, but does not look over
happy.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

A hotel building containing eight
hundred rooms is being erected at Sam
ta Barbara, Cal.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08

The very heart Of the City is the corner
of Baltimore and Charles Streets, Charles
Street dividing it into east and wesi-and
BaltimoreStreet halving il into north and
south. The above Is n correct plan Of the
central portion of Baltimore indicating the
streets. the leading hotels. DC. and oehm's
Acme Hall, Baliimorc's Largest Clothing
ard Furnishing Goods House.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-07-08
OEHMS ACHE HALL,
Baltimore St. near Charles.
The Heart of Baltimore.

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of Baltimore and Charles Streets, Charles
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kerhet harf0r sattes icke, ehuru den
hos bolaget insatta summan uppgick
till 0fver $3.50 ,000, ,utan voro insattarne
endast hanvisade till bemalte herrars
privata f0rm0genhetsstallning och
personliga redbarhet. Det var mot
denna osikerhet affarens bedrifvan-
de som Stephenson uutalade sig. Att
Stephensons anfall pa bolaget skulle af
delta f0rsoka vederlaggas, war latt att
tanka sig. Mr.. Saverg inledde ocksa
rattegang mot Stephenson, under yr-
kande af skadeersattning for utspri-
dandet af l0gnaktiga uppgifter. Dess-
utom utfardade bolaget ett Estate
ment", hvari hela affarstransaktionen
forklaras och bolagets mangariga
verksamhet framlagges, pa samma
gang bolaget vadjar till de unders0k-
nlngar, som nagra tidningar New
York anstalt for att ia lius saken.
Da sake1 kommer att understallas
offeDtlig pr0fning, villa vi icke ga
denna f0rvag genom att, med st0d
af endast Stephensons anklagelse, ,falla
en- f0rkastelsedom ofver bolagets
VerkSamhet